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14 inspiring quotes from ‘Downton Abbey’

“Downton Abbey” is the wildly popular Masterpiece Classic period drama that follows the the Crawley family and their servants in post-Edwardian England. It is one of the most widely watched television dramas in the world.

I run hot and cold with this series. I start watching it but stop in the middle of the season, because it becomes too much like a soap opera. Then I’ll start watching again out of sheer curiosity. Despite the outlandish plots and out-of-character character motivations, what also keeps me coming back is the dialogue.

Often, the best lines of the show are delivered by Dame Maggie Smith, who plays Lady Violet Grantham, the dowager countess and matriarch of the family.

Lady Violet values status and tradition, and she clings vehemently to the aristocratic ways. In early episodes she often questioned the usefulness of electricity and telephones.

She has a “withering wit and a sharp tongue.” It’s the kind of wit many writers aspire to write. I find myself wishing I could write like that every time I watch the show.